I've had a fanfiction account for a few years now, and I've used it mostly to read, review, and track stories. I just posted my first two stories in Oct. 2008. I write a lot at work mostly public education and information pieces, so writing fiction is very different for me.

I live in San Diego so anyone familiar with the area reading Some Truths Hurt or Truths too Big might recognize some local landmarks. BTW for any Veronica Mars fan writers out there who are not familiar with the area, I assume Neptune/Balboa County is a tiny county just south of Orange County and north of San Diego County, so basically Camp Pendleton.

The fandoms that I follow are Dark Angel (Max and Alec), Veronica Mars (LoVe), and Twilight. I also like but do not obsess on Gilmore Girls, Fringe, Supernatural, and Project Runway.

Twilight is my most recent obsession and I'm trying to wean myself off it. I actually read the first section of the last book then stopped. I'm too afraid it will ruin the whole series for me. But I have to read it before the movie comes out so I have a deadline.

Pet peeves in writing:

People who don't use spell or grammar check. Alternately, people who spell check then accept all changes without looking at them.

Pronoun confusion. He, she, they, we, us, you. I don't get how they get messed up. But it throws me off when I'm reading.

Your and you're. Nuf' said.

There, their, they're. Very different words. Use the correct one. A reviewer recently said I used them incorrectly. If that's true, how embarassing.

Adding one for fanfic: I never understood writers begging and blackmailing for reviews, but now that I am writing, I see that less than 2 percent of people reading my story are reviewing. That kinda sucks. Perhaps it is my karmic reward for not reviewing often enough myself. I will try harder and apologize to writers of stories I read and liked, but did not review.

Things that are hard:

Its and it's. Seriously, I use them constantly and still second guess myself.

Affect and effect. I know affect is a verb and effect is a noun. But I still have to stop and think about it. A trick (that I forget to use) is to replace affect with influence and if if works use affect. Effect = result. But effect can also be a verb, meaning to bring about. WTF. You see my dilemma.

Spelling. Not my best subject back in school. Thankfully, there is spell check and online dictionary now.

The. The word is not hard, but apparently the fingers on my left hand are speedier than my right because I invariabily type it teh. Which is odd, because I am right handed.

Trying not to repeat words or phrases over and over within a chapter. I seem to have a marked preference for "Suddenly" and "across the room" also "just" and "actually."

Defanitely and Defiantly. Seriously. Very hard. On is like "for sure" the other is "defiant" with an"ly" added on. Why so hard? And why do I constantly want to use definitely--there are other word choice options. But, no...

And my battle with MS Word. I say breath it says breathe, I capitulate to it's superior spelling skills. Then it changes it's mind. Damn you Bill Gates. We also recently disagre on it's. Use the apostrophe when it is "it is". Right?

Stories:

Defined by a single choice. Veronica Mars, one shot. Finished.

Some truths hurt. Veronica Mars, multi chapter. Goes AU in Echolls' Family Christmas when Veronica decides to get her hands on Duncan's journal. It's a monster fic at this point, but I think worth the read. I "right" several wrongs from the show and take LoVe farther. It includes most canon events, but tweaks them. I love this story, Season 1 was nearly perfect, but this is my attempt to improve on that. Finished.

Truths too big to be told. Veronica Mars. Sequel to Some truths hurt. Picks up a few weeks after that one ended. It's basically summer time in Neptune. But it's not all sun and fun. This one was "off script" for the most part and that was interesting and new. My challenge here to myself was to force them to grow and learn but do it with some sort of realism...the things that have happened to all the characters are not things that just go away. Survival is only the first part of living. Finished.

Playing hide and seek with the turth. Veronica Mars. Season 2, senior year, the bus crash, what to do with Beaver. I started then real life got crazy and I lost my motivation. I will finish, I have tons written, I need to finish my current non VM story first. Their senior year might be two stories, with the cut off being around Christmas.

Future VM Turth Series Fic. Veronica Mars. I have 10 chapters more or less completed, but they give way too much away so I can't post them yet.

Epiphanies. Smallville. Why? 'Cause I was home sick on Friday night in March. I saw Chloe and Oliver and it just clicked. It's totally Chloe and Oliver centric, but all the characters make appearances. Chloe falls in love with Ollie but has no idea until the day before her wedding... it's the story of her journey to self discovery and then Oliver comes into play when he figures out that Chloe is much more than just his friend. Finished.

Fool's Paradise. Veronica Mars. LoVe didn't get together in Season 1, the kiss was just a one time event, at the end Logan comes to Veronica and she has a choice to make. One set up, two possible endings. Finished.

The ABCs of Mac and Dick. Veronica Mars. The ABC challenge with Mac and Dick. Created for Madi lover at VM Santa 2010 at livejournal. Finished. This is a continuance of canon. I'm not a natural MaDi fan, so I had to work a more organic progression into their relationship for my brain to accept it.

It hurts me too. Veronica Mars. Lilly didn't die. i think anyone writing VM has wondered how it would have gone in Lilly didn't die. This is my light and fluffy version. Maybe finished, maybe not. Leaving the door open to this one.

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